Improvement in churns



UNITED STATES JOHN GIRE, OF LOUDEN CITY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,840, dated October10, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GIRE, of Louden City, in the county of Fayetteand in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ohurns; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this spec- The nature of my invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of a churn, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section of mychurn. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of one end of thereelshaft.

A represents a box of any suitable dimensions provided near one end withavertical partition, B, which divides the box into two compartments, onenarrow one for the gearing and the other larger one forming the churnproper. In the narrow compartment are arranged one large cogwheel, 0,and three smaller ones, D D, in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The journalsof the large cog-wheel 0 pass through the partition B and through theend of the box. Upon the outer journal is placed a crank, E, by means ofwhich the churning mechanism is operated. The outer journals of thesmaller cog-wheels D D rest in boxes on the inner side of the end of thebox, while the inner journals pass through the partition B. All theinner journals marked a and a, are square at the ends to receive asliding socket, I), placed upon the end of each of the reelshafts. Grepresents a large reel, and H H three smaller reels, the shafts of allof which have their outer bearings in boxes attached to the end of thebox, while their inner ends are, by means of the sockets b I), connectedwith the journals to a, respectivelythat is, the large reel G isconnected with the journal to of the large cog-wheel 0, while thesmaller reels H H are connected with the journals to of the smallercog-wheels D D. Within each sliding socket I) and in the reel-shaft is aspring, 6, to hold the socket in place when moved upon the journal. Thesmaller reels have three revolutions to one of the large reel, and thesmall reels do the churning while the larger gathers the butter as itrises to the top in the churn. The dashers or wings on the reels may bemade in any desired manner, rough or smooth, solid or perforated. Bypressing downward on the springs t t the sockets or couplings b b may bemoved back on the reel-shafts and the reels taken out. The butter isthen taken out and the milk drawn off at the end of the churn, at ornear the bottom. This churn is secured from leaking by rubber washersplaced around the cog-wheel journal. The entire box A is covered byalid. I.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the four removable dasherreels G H H H, springs z,movable sleeves b, and short journals a a, all constructed as describedand arranged within the box A, with partition B and cog-wheels O and DD, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this25th day of July, 1871.

JOHN GIRE. Witnesses: SAlvrL. L. RANNEY,

I. H. JOHNSTON. (45)

